Holder



Patented Jan, S, 1925,

y ist HOLDER.

Application inea January 2s, 1924. serial no. scarna. v

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. HILL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore City, and State of Maryland, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Holders, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to combination holders and has for its object theprovision of a novel device adapted to serve as a holder for a box ofmatches of standard variety and equipped with a plurality of trays whichmay be used for holding cigarettes, cigars, playing cards or otherarticles, the device being well adapted for use in the kitchen or incard rooms, dens or other places where smokers congregate.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character whichmay be so constructed as to be set upon a table, shelf or the like or tobe hung upon the wall and which will be not only simple and inexpensiveto manufacture, but also neat and attractive in appearance.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it in use andholding a variety of articles,

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof empty,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken from front to back and Figure 4 isa vertical section at right angles t0 Figure 3.

Referring more particular to the drawings I have shown the device ascomprising an inverted T-shaped back 10 to which is secured a T-shapedbody 11. Secured to the ends of the back and bottom are uprightsidepieces -12, and secured at the edges of the long portion of the backare side pieces 13 which extend forwardly and which are secured upon theside edges of the projecting forward portion of the bottom. The sidepieces 13 are of much greater height than the side pieces 12 and securedbetween them is a partition 14 which terminates considerably above thebottom to define a compartment 15 of a size to receive a match box A ofstandard pattern. Secured to the forward edges of the longer portion ofthe bottom is a front member 16 which is also secured to the forwardedges of the side pieces 12 and 13, and this frontmember is formed withan opening 17 accommodating the forwardly projecting portions of theside pieces 1.3. This front member 16 defines with the side pieces 13and partition 14 a compartment 18 which has a bottom 19 and which isadapted t0 containa deck of playing cards or the like indicated at B.Secured at the forward edge of the projecting front portion of the baseor bottom 11 is a small front piece 20 which is secured to theprejecting forward edges of the side members 13 so as to define a tray21 onto which matches will pass when the shuck of the match box ispulled up. The front piece 20 has its upper edge cut away at 22 tofacilitate picking up the matches on the tray.`

It is preferable to provide a sheet or strip 23 of sand paper or thelike on the front member 16 above the opening 17 upon which the matchesmay be struck.

The above described structure provides compartments 24 at the sides ofthe match boX compartment and these are well adapted for holding boxesor packs of cigarettes indicated at C, together with cigars indicated atD and other articles. The device may be set on a table, shelf or thelike or it may be provided at the top of the back 10 with a hole 25permitting it to be hung upon a nail on the wall or other place.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed andinexpensive combination holder which will be neat and attractive inappearance as well as very convenient in service.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim: e.

A device of the character described comprising a bottom of T-shape, aninverted T- shaped back secured at the rear edge of the bottom, sidemembers secured to the side edges 0f the long upright portion of thebackVeXtending forwardly across the bottom and secured to the latter atthe projecting forward edges thereof, a front member secured to thebottom and extending above the projecting forward ends of said sidemembers, said front member being formed with an opening accommodatingsaid side memn bers, a Qartition extending` across the side members anddetininp'ecompartment Jfor the reception of a match box, a front piecesecured to the forward edges of the side members and bottom and deningtherewith a l0 match tray, said partition co-operatingwith said frontmember and being connected therewith by a bottom element to define astorage compartment, and side members secured to the back and irst namedfront member and defining` therewith and with said first named sidemembers compartments for the storage. of articles.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

WILLIAM T. HILL.

